Characterization of a Haloferax volcanii member of the enolase superfamily: Deletion mutant construction, expression analysis, and transcriptome comparison

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-353

  Dambeck, Michael ^a   Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

COG4948; DNA microarray; Enolase superfamily; Haloferax volcanii; In frame deletion mutant

Indexed keywords

CASAMINO ACID; ENOLASE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RNA, ARCHAEAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 49749083458     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0379-1     Document Type: Article

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